On
Yemen, Saleh
Crony Alsoswa
to Present at
IPI,
Roed-Larsen to
Bahrain
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
February 13 –
Who's
presenting the
Yemeni
national
dialogue today
across the
street from
the UN at the
International
Peace
Institute?
Well,
it's a former
minister of
strong man Ali
Saleh, Amat Al
Alim Alsoswa.
Despite her
roots in
despotism,
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon
deployed her
as his
interface with
the Arab
Spring for a
time.
Now
she reappears
at IPI, run by
semi-UN
official Terje
Roed-Larsen
who
recently
visited
Bahrain for
IPI.
Before that,
he visited
with a UN
staffer, but
said it wasn't
a UN trip.
It's a murky
world, but the
Yemen
“roundtable”
pitch is
online
(though not on
IPI's
website).
IPI
is very
selective: it
doesn't like
tough
questions. So
UN envoys like
Bert Koenders,
who doesn't
want to answer
questions
about covering
up
the killing of
IDPs and UN
inaction in
Cote d'Ivoire,
go across the
street to IPI,
where access
is controlled
to exclude
critical UN
correspondents,
rather than
speak at the
UN.
Also
on Yemen at
the UN on
Wednesday, the
Iran Sanctions
committee will
be
meeting at 3
pm. The
last Yemen
session of the
Security
Council was
hijacked, at
least in the
media, by the
allegation of
Iranian arms,
now repeated
with regard to
Somalia.
Forget
Somalia and
its problems -
it's all about
Iran! Just ask
IPI. Watch
this site.
Footnote:
Sources
tell Inner
City Press
that Amat Al
Alim Alsoswa
may be
gunning for an
even more
surreal post:
deputy human
rights
director
of the Gulf
Cooperation
Council, which
offered Ali
Saleh
immunity. Is
Amat Al Alim
Alsoswa
covered by
that immunity
deal?
Inquiring
minds
want to know.
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